Dr.Chinnapat has joined SAU as a member of university council. He is currently Secretary General of The Office of Basic Education Commission (OBEC). He has worked in several educational departments and divisions in Thailand. He was attached to the Office of the National Education Commission (ONEC) from 1992 to 2003, serving as the Director of three divisions consecutively: Director of the Educational Research Division, Director of the Educational Information Center and Director of the Bureau of Education Policy. After serving as the Advisor on Education System in the Office of the Education Council for one year, he became the Deputy Secretary General at the Office of the Basic Education Commission in 2004, and went on to assume the post of the Deputy Permanent Secretary for Education in 2006 and the Permanent Secretary for Education of Thailand in 2008.

He has completed her Doctoral Degree in Science Education and his Master Degree in Curriculum & Instruction from University of Kensas, and his Bachelor Degree in Secondary Education (Biology, Chemical) from Khon Kaen University, Thailand.